Justice League Unlimited (TV Series)

Dark Heart (2004)

John C. McGinley: The Atom, Ray Palmer

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Quotes 

• [a large creature rises behind The Atom] 

  The Atom : [turning]  He's bigger than my car now, Katie. Personally, I blame you.

  Katie : How can it possibly my fault?

  The Atom : Because otherwise it would be my fault. And that can't be right; I'm a professor.

  [swings onto the creature's back and opens a panel] 

  The Atom : I have the core control and I can see the problem. The chemical-wash made a bad nanochip. I can shut him down by -

  [the creature swings wildly, going underwater for a second before rising] 

  The Atom : OK. I'm just gonna be direct.

  [punches the wires to short-circuit them, causing the creature to fall] 

  Katie : Professor Palmer? Professor? Ray!

  The Atom : I'm going to lay here for a while, Katie. I'm old now, and I get tired.

• The Atom : [a general has just taken away a doomsday machine that nearly destroyed Earth]  Amazing. Show him a weapon that destroyed its creators and every other thing it saw, and he wants to play with it. What's to stop history from repeating itself here on Earth?

  Superman : We are.

• The Atom : This is incredible. Every atom of it is filled with a book's worth of information. It's beautifully simple, it...

  Batman : Save it for the autopsy.

• The Atom : Hello, Superman. What brings you to Boston?

  Superman : Omega level situation.

  The Atom : [to his assistant]  Katie, please inform the front office that I'm gonna be, uh... out for a while.